CVE-2022-40156: High severity IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data vulnerability

Published Sep 16, 2022
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Updated

REJECT DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. Reason: This CVE has been rejected as it was incorrectly assigned. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

Other sources

A flaw was found in the XStream package. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) in its target via XML serialization.

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. Reason: This CVE has been rejected as it was incorrectly assigned. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

IBM

Those using Xstream to seralize XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=50841 https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304

Red Hat

Affected Software

2 affected components
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data<=4.0
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data<=5.0

Event History

Jan 1, 1970
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Sep 16, 2022
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Data Sourced
12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Rejected
10:15 AM
Oct 13, 2022
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·06:10 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Nov 25, 2022
Rejected
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Aug 28, 2025
Data Sourced
via IBM·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-40156?

CVE-2022-40156 is a vulnerability in XStream that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service.

2

How does CVE-2022-40156 affect IBM Disconnected Log Collector?

IBM Disconnected Log Collector versions v1.0 to v1.8.2 are affected by CVE-2022-40156.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2022-40156?

CVE-2022-40156 has a high severity rating of 7.

4

How can a remote authenticated attacker exploit CVE-2022-40156?

A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially-crafted XML data to exploit CVE-2022-40156 and cause a denial of service.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-40156?

You can find more information about CVE-2022-40156 at the following references: [1] [2] [3]

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